The Bible by David Alley

In this video listen to Exodus 25 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 25 we get to one of the biggest shadows in the Bible. As humans we use metaphor to illustrate an idea sometimes in a unique powerful way. God does this too, but he also uses real things to illustrate (or to shadow) something that is even more real that the real thing. The tabernacle is one such thing,...

In this video listen to Exodus 24 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 24 one of the most remarkable passages happens in the Old Testament, but its huge significance may be overlooked by many. In ancient times a greater king would often make a covenant with a lesser king or group. This covenant would involve the wording or terms, a sacrifice and a meal. Here what is rema...

In this video listen to Exodus 23 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 23 more national laws continue. Justice is for the rich as well as the poor, and they should be treated equally not on the basis of how much wealth they have. Then when God outlines more details about sabbath rest, we find out here that indentured servants, slaves and animals also are required to rest...

In this video listen to Exodus 22 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 22 we continue with laws relating with daily life in the nation. We first talk about restitution. If people do something that harms another they must fix it multiple times over. This is not at the whim of people, but at a rate designated by God, and such a thing is designed to help people become mindf...

In this video listen to Exodus 21 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 21 we start the second half of Exodus now getting into a lot of laws. In the last chapter we saw the moral law, the ten commandments, and now a lot of civil and criminal law is going to follow. Later in Leviticus we will see Ceremonial law. The first set of laws seem to be about slavery, and some peop...

In this video listen to Exodus 20 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 20 we see the Ten Commandments given and very briefly discussed. This video will discuss just 4 of the ten briefly. This is part of the moral law, whereas the civil and ceremonial law are also a big part of the scriptures ahead. Taking God’s name in vain is not swearing, but has a deeper meaning and a...

In this video listen to Exodus 19 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 19 they come to Sinai for the first time in the Bible. Now where exactly is Sinai? There are 2 popular theories which this video outlines. At Sinai they get ready to hear and receive the Law and Commandments. God tells them, they are a holy nation and a royal priesthood, but what does that mean? This...

In this video listen to Exodus 18 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 18 Jethro arrives to visit Moses bringing Moses’ wife and two sons. The whole story prompts a question (at least in the minds of commentators) if Moses had previously divorced her. That seems however trying to push the story too far. Moses had enough struggles going to Egypt on his own, and wanted her...

In this video listen to Exodus 17 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 17 the Israelites grumble… again. This time they come to Rephidim where there isn’t sufficient water and Moses strikes the Rock, which is a symbol of Christ being struck and through him our provision coming. The Israelites are so bothered they want to kill Moses, and of course it is not his fault. God...

In this video listen to Exodus 16 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 16 the children of Israel experience something common to all humanity. When things are going well, we assume that is normal, and that nothing special is happening, but rather that is the wrong assumption. When God lifts his hand and nothing actually is happening, that is when things go wrong, but when...

In this video listen to Exodus 15 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 15 we find the oldest song in the Bible, and possibly in the world. Various online places list other songs as the oldest, but they have forgotten about this one. What would it have sounded like? (Its even older than the Hurrian Hymn found in Uggarit) Next the Egyptian army perishes in the red sea tota...

In this video listen to Exodus 14 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 14 Pharaoh's ugly head is raised again, he seems to not get the point of leaving God’s people alone. In this he is a symbol of the Accuser, Satan, who has such a hard heart he isn't able to let God’s people alone either. Pharaoh thus brought destruction on himself, and while this brought momentary (a...

In this video listen to Exodus 13 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 13 finally the Exodus is happening. They go out and before properly leaving God talks to them about the dedication of every firstborn. Those who were saved in the plague of the firstborn belong to God. Later in scripture we are told in Hebrews 12:23 that we are the “church of the firstborn” and so all...

In this video listen to Exodus 11 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 11 God announces the final plague, the worst one of all, the plague of the firstborn. He also tells the Israelites to ask their neighbors for gold, and they are given huge wealth. Egyptian gold and the skills to work with it, are seen in the face mask of the boy Pharaoh Tutankamun. Interestingly the I...

In this video listen to Exodus 11 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 11 God announces the final plague, the worst one of all, the plague of the firstborn. He also tells the Israelites to ask their neighbors for gold, and they are given huge wealth. Egyptian gold and the skills to work with it, are seen in the face mask of the boy Pharaoh Tutankamun. Interestingly the I...

In this video listen to Exodus 10 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 10 God said he would show He was Yahweh through his signs. This chapter now outlines up to the ninth plague, the plague of darkness, and every plague is both showing God’s wonders, and the weakness of the so called Egyptian deities. Here is a list of the false gods challenged in the plagues. Hapi, nil...

In this video listen to Exodus 9 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 9 we see the 5th and 6th plagues against Egypt, that of the cattle dying, and of the hail. Reading this you get the impression that every single cow died in the 5th plague, but a mistranslation of the word ‘kol’ for all, should have been better translate as ‘everywhere.’ Rather than saying all the catt...

In this video listen to Exodus 8 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 8 we now encounter the second, third and fourth plagues. Were the 10 plagues supernatural or natural? This video explains that this point isn’t important, because as they were induced by God through Moses, whether God used natural or supernatural means, they were supernatural either way. This chapter i...

In this video listen to Exodus 7 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 7 God tells Moses that Pharaoh will not listen to him. This is because God is eternal, that is outside of time, and omnitemporal, that is everywhere in time. But God also knows Pharaoh so well he knows what we will do. This is like parents who generally know what their children will do. If God knows wh...

In this video listen to Exodus 6 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 6 God repeats his promise to the whole nation, but this time they know his name. Back in Genesis 32:29, Jacob asked God what his name was, but God wouldn’t say. So this is quite a thing. But now Moses finds that not only won’t Pharaoh listen to him, but the Israelites won’t either. It's terrible when a...

In this video listen to Exodus 5 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 5 Pharaoh’s real name is deliberately left out by Moses. Moses clearly knew it, and being trained and educated in Egypt did this on purpose. God either instructed him to do so, or there was a cultural reason. Dr David Downs thinks that this Pharaoh is Khasekemre-Neferhotep. Other archaeologists think i...

In this video listen to Exodus 4 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 4 Moses makes more excuses for not wanting to go. His initial excuse in Exodus 3 was “Who am I?” Now he says “they won’t believe me.” And, “I’m not a good speaker,” and finally, “Please pick someone else.” God is not impressed Contrast this with Mary the mother of Jesus who cheerfully trusted and was w...

In this video listen to Exodus 3 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 3 God is speaking again after what seems like silence for 145 years. He is saying the same things to Moses that he said to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Amazingly we see that God was working to answer the prayers of the Israelites long before they prayed. He started preparing Moses 80 years earlier, by put...

In this video listen to Exodus 2 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 2 the birth of Moses is described. Moses is no ordinary child, there is obviously something special about him which prompts his mother to risk her life to save him. He goes into the water in a basket and is drawn out of the water, in a very early picture of baptism. Bithiah is most likely the Egyptian...

In this video listen to Exodus 1 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Exodus 1 a new king arises in Egypt. The kings were called Pharaohs. Egyptian chronology is very confusing and the world’s leading Egyptologists even among themselves have differing chronologies. There are possibly 30 dynasties, some which overlap. See this for a sense of the complexity. https://en.wikipedia....